Los Angeles Fleet Week inside tour of the USS Ashland at the Port of Los Angeles

USS Ashland (LSD-48) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashland was laid down on 4 April 1988, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; launched and christened on 11 November 1989, sponsored by Mrs. Kathleen Foley, wife of Admiral Sylvester R. Foley, Jr. (Ret.); and commissioned on 9 May 1992, at New Orleans. As of 2013, Ashland is homeported at Sasebo, Japan, and assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11.
On 19 August 2005 the Ashland and USS Kearsarge were targeted by three Katyusha rockets while in port in Aqaba, Jordan. The vessels were not hit, but one Jordanian soldier was killed and another was wounded after two rockets hit nearby docks. The third rocket landed on a taxi near the Eilat airport in Israel but did not explode. Responsibility was claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade, which states that it is associated with the al-Qaeda terrorist group.
VR to share what it feels like to live on the Ashland. The 3:09-minute segment showed both sailors and marines going about their daily routines. In 2018, the Ashland received the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Pacific Fleet. This award is presented annually to the ship with the highest score in the Battle Effectiveness Award, the Battle "E."
The Ashland, one of eight active ships in its class, is expected to remain in service and mission-capable to 2038.
In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2023.
In May 2022, Ashland was a part of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in Sasebo.
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act blocked Ashland's decommissioning and retirement along with three other LSD class dock landing ships.

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